The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18

Hon. John S. Rhey returned home fr,m
harrisburg on Monday last and remained
until Tuesday Afternoon.
When Isaac H ugros, of summerhir
township, eOs up ou Thursday morning of
iast Wet k, On looking eastward. he noticed
there was a vacancy where what was known
as the Diamond school house had stood.
ana slight smoke CURING eraesfoTv mn
ltoh the spot. On a closer InsoectIun it
was discovered that the school house had
oeoned down during the night, without the
hre oeinR discovered. 1t WAS a new building.
erected about five years age, at a cost of
about s4OO.
-Lephaniah Kearuey, formerly known as
Fh1ney" was drowned in the Couemaugh
at J"hnstown on Sunday evening about half
past eieven O'Clock, his body being found
IouHed against an distraction In the river
oeioW Lincoln bridge. The body was res
cued from the water by Policeman Warner.
ana efforts made to resuscitate II but with
out avail, and il was ehen taken to the house
OF Mrs. Nolan, of COnemaugh Borough, who
Is sister OF the unfortunate man He was
A"ldo"er, aud leaves one chiIG-a daughter.
"A very painful accident happened Mr..
jacob Stevens, OF Allegheny township, on
Monday last. He and his son were chon
ping lr the woods near LOretto. The boy
In trimming the upper branches of fallen
tree, threw limb along the tree towards
his father, who had raised his axe to make a
stroke The limb coming In contact with
the axe. caused 1t to glance off and cut an
uRly cash In Mr.. Stevens leg. Just above the
ankle. A buggy was procured and the
injured man was conveyed to his home,
where DR.. John Murphy dressed tEe wound 4,
and be is now getting along as we'll as posi-
bic under the circumstances.
-EK1GOv. Curtin tells the story OF the
recovery of his eye sight as follows Il went
20 the ooulist absolutely skepticaI He
looked at my eye. and said he could cure it.
was going to Boston the next day to attend
the merchants dinner, and 1 thought I
would like to go seeing, if possible. So
when he asked when he could perform the
operation, 1 said: Now, at once; might
Just asswell have done with it, ae dead
sned my eve with cocaine. He took all
instrument. He made one sknlfui cut with
( IT, He filled my eye with blood. 1t was
all over in a minute. He said There
1 Governor, go home and 60 to bed, and in
the morning you will see as we'll as any
body And sure enough, did,
Mr.. Richard Cuttings, of Cambria town
ship was very badly hurt on Monday last
/ Mr.! Cuttings is one of the hrm of Messrs
/ Cuttings, Lewis * Co., gho operate a steam
/ saw mill about eight miles north CT Ebens-
! burg. About II o'clock on Monday fore.
noon Mr.. Cuttings, who Is the sawyer
attempted to thow some rosin on the bell
! that runs the saw, to Keep 1t from slipping
In doing so his hand was caught between
| the belt and the pulley and In a moment ht
was hurled through a hole in the floor to the
/ ground below, dista.ce of about i've fee
| on his head. His face and lip were badly
/ cut. his teeth were all Knocked loose and
some of them out. besides being severely
bruised about body. DR.. Msucher, OF Nick
IltOwn, was summoned and after careful ex
| alton found that no bones we broken.
During a thunderstorm at Hou,zdaie
| CIearfeld county, on Saturday last, six mer
we're work ng near an air shaft over 40 lee
deep at Excelsior colliery No. :. A bolt o
1 lightning decended the shaft knocked then
down, and paralyzed some of them complete
/ ly for a short time. A prop which two o
the men were putting in place at the mo
ment was wrenehed from their hands will
| giants power and hurled aside. As theII
| was no metallic substance near to draw tn
/ lightning the suppositiOn is hat it wa:
conducted into the shaft by the current o
damp air rising from the mine Just a
lightning is often conducted down the spon
of house by ths water during shower, o
as it is conducted down a chimney by tn
column of warm air sisiuR out of 1t. tn
bolt expended its force In the chambers o
the mine without doing any damage.
The Commissioner Of Pensions has har
prepared letter OF instruction and blaDl
forms Of application and afidavits of wit
nesses for the use Of applicants for pension
under the Mexican Pension law of Januar
20, 1887. These blanks. he thinks, vii
facilitate the business of bis Office and eDabl
applicants to have their rights promptly ad
judica ted without unnecessary correspond
-ence, trouble, or expense. The Commis
sioneT expects to have the blanks printe
and ready for use on Wednesday next, Feb
! Tuary 18th. He invites direct application
to bis office of expectant pensioners, Upol
appropriate letter Of instructions and a sc
OF blanks will be forwarded to the applicant
The letters Of instruction are full an
explicit, and the blank forms plain, and a
may be easily understood without tn
necessity of legal advice.